South Bend News-Times, Volume 31, Number 362, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 21 December 1914 — Page 1

LARGEST SWORN -CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

FTFRMIMM Tin: wKATimu INDIANA. r a r t r n ! - 1 . t and Tuesday; cA b r tor.icht. bo v i : n Michigan. Cloudy tordirht an. J Tues nil i kituivwii t v era Edition READ THE 'WANTS' AVERAGE DAILY NEWS-TIMES CIRCULATION FOR NOVEMBER WAS 15,998. day: probably wiih mu-w Hurries; colder tonight, j VOL. XXXI., NO. 362. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS

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ALLIES' ASSAULT II FLANDERS IS BEATING &ERMANS

Further Gains Are Reported in Paris Official Statement Declaring Trenches Southwest of Loos Have Been Taken. ARRAS IS BOMBARDED BY KAISER'S ARTILLERY rUl Ubl DJIWUCII -) ciiiu mioiiu ri. r Tmi nivers IS iaKt.ii nuiu i futons and 1,200 Yards of Trenches Are Occupied. PA BIS. Iec. Jl. The assault maintained by the alius in 1-Manders ... e . ii...iT, f"v to an oftif oftiMnf statement i.-siiel KU-ro this aftel moon. It al:-o states that the first line . of German treiKhes southwest of Tios have been captured. The statement ac-nses the ; -rmans of homhardinn the hospital at Ypres, and says inai uu-j are ai slifllinpr Arras. The otticial statement follows: Ihiriir,' the dav of Dec. ipi there nHui-'n.1.1'!" . pr::";:";., .h" rej'loii of Lombartzytie. m. ooi;.': ami to the southeast f Kortek-r inn i (southeast d Bixscliootei the occupation of some houses at Sewaiteb ni isoiith of Zillcbeke) and the bombardment by the enemy of the hospital at Ypres. I 'Between e i aptured tlie I,;, s ard the A i-ne a toi f st near th' road of .l-Nollb-t te-SoUChez. and occupied all the iiit line of the (Jerman trenches between that load and the first houses of Notre Oaine I e Bon tt. Bombarded Aria-. 'The f-nemy bombarded Arras, our heavy artillery silenced that of the enemy in several combats. To the north" of Carnoy (ea.-t of Albert! ii v recked the (lerman trenches and overthrew two pie.es of a b;:ttery pl.M '-il near Horn ."--out hea.-c of i 'aril ey. I 'it likewise gained the advantayo n the Aisne and in the section 1 ; heims. of! : f In tin Cha nipaune feu '.oil. in "e ! re'ion of ProMivs. o r Berthes and ot B-ause.ieur, as well as in the Ar--nne. we have made appreciable '.zains on our whole front. This is particularly true to the northeast of Beausejour where we have taken 1,'o ards of the enemv's ttem hes. In the forest of fJruriere we blew up four sappinu' mines and we have established ourselves in the excavations'. "Between the Argonue and the Me use we have made progress on all the from, notably in the region of Vnfennc-'. vh-re we have advanced ."hi meters beyond the heights, and in the region of (ictvoui t-lieihincoui t. " Mi the l iht bank of the Meuse we have stained ground upon the heights, two kilometers (mile and a quarter) northwest of Brabant, and in the forest of Consenvnyc. "In co.dusion we have mad progress n the heights of Up; and in the forest of Chevaliers to the. northeast of Port j)v Coyon." Artillery Am-IN C'ilj. rrench and British artillery has got li o in i a n e in C boilers. in4 West I lulling that citv. i have been m i le on I'landers. and is Supreme' efforts the Vnres-Werv ick line to jx long' i.inge guns wifhin range of Courtrai. I

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swampy ground. The great battle, whioh began as tiir batlb' of the Ai-ne on Sept. Ii. and is now raging' on l-'reiu h. German and Belgian soil, has now been in progress exaetlv I'M das. while the allies have made good gains at numerous points along the I'.'ni-mile battle front, at no place has their offensive result d so far in a decisive achievement, such as piercing the German lines or compelling the retreat of ope of the German armies. Althoug'h the Breneh and British are pushing their offensive vigorously the battle still remains practically nothing but a siege over a big section of the front. It is reported that the allies have tn'ien Middlekt rke. but this report must he taken with reserve in view of the French ottb-ial statement issued just before midnight. Aecording to this announcement the Germans are undoubtedly making f.M'co counter attack? in an effort to recover ground lost to the Franco-Belgians on the IomlaertTdye-St. George's line, fast of Nieuport. Struggle for Trenches. N'ear I;iBasseo there is a violent straggle in progns for the possession of advanced trendies and the sa.e Is true of vhe district hounded b, Albert, CoiikIc'-' and Bray-sur-S.mme. In this wcinny the Germans hold -strongly entrenched lines on tinCanal Do La Somme. passing through IVronne. Al 'pg the Aisne the Fr hch claim to have silemeil some of the German artillery in a big gun combat Plat went on all day Sunday. Along the heights of the M Use. in The Woev re distrhr. in the "oi:-s ; nnd in Alsace the French are keeping ! the Germans engcead over an extende,l front. k The concentration of the G rman Jittacks against the British in YVtst Flanders ami around Armentieres, has resulted in proport ionatdy heavb r Josses for the Frglish than the l'r r. h. nly four officers and fewer than lf0 men .. re left in one British battalion niter a German attack. vnnuier i litaiion bsr hair ..f its and all its ortitr.rs save three. m-n wii.Ij m:o!'i; r.umm PFOB1A. 111.. Dec. :l.-Thr Wt rvl c o.. eniph .ytn i-' i,2oi men. hih h:s been lunnitig only on part tune. r,TJ reopen its factory 'tpl other derailments Jan. 1.

Mrs. Emma Burnett Harris is Author of Prize Poem

! Mrs. Kmma Burnett Hani--, .outh HrmiV tdler "f ii'ne-r stories, is. : very appropriately, the otticial poet of South land's first municipal Christ- ' mas tree. Mrs. Harris was one of ; the- J' who submitted poems in the I contest for this unium- honor ami her ( ontrihutioti received the unani- ', nious vote of the judges. Miss Kather- ! in1 ( onuav of St. Marv's, Miss Dora: j lone Keller of th South Bend hish s'hool and Matthew H. Willing, assistant superintendent of .cliool-. i The peem. according to the judires. expresses be tter than any other the spiril of the occasion, and its lan - .ua-je simple j hea ii t i f ul. M rs. known in South ! beloved by manv and its sentiment ir.. : .. : . . I I ! iliii I IK I s I u t'll Ib-nd and is much for her famous tales of early life in the "villa -re-" of South Bend. She ha collected a lai number of pioneer tales and relates them in a oharmint manner. All the poems submitUd were ;ood, lut some, which were otherwise worthy, missed the true sentiment of finis particular occasion Phe judges most satisuiai ineir selection 1 i j Blackmail Charges Hurled by Aity. James O'Hara Brings Name of A. R. McDonald Into Investigation. BH.vrox iiaiuum:. b. 21. Charges of blackmail hurled by Atty. James (I'llara, counsel for Benjamin Burnell.. head of the Holly Boilers ; House ot Iavid colony, in defense of 1 the accusations of immorality contained in affidavits f several women ' members of the colony, brought the j name of a former South Bend man in- . to the case which has attracted attention throughout the middle west. Arj thur J:. .McDonald, formerly of South Bend, and now 'editor of a weekly paper in this place, is mentioned in he charges made by O'Hara, although the latter specifically declares that he does not accuse McDonald of being I b uk of the blackmailing. o'Hara produced an anonymous letter which, he said, had been delivered to "Brother" Francis shortly before the attidavits of the women were made public. The ietter was taken to the eoleny by one S. H. McHearmon, who said he had been asked to deliver it by a man named Brown from Chicago. Brown, he said, was supposed to havo given .McDearmon $J for delivering the letter. Tell or "ISrilM Bid." "I vva:- away at that time, because my vife was i'.l." Atty. O'Hara said. "The letter stated that the writer had the attidavits and that he could prevent their publication. It stated that the writer controlled the Chicago newspapers and news services and that the publication of the charges of

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"The writer said he wanted to meet j Benjamin at the park or m the fair rounds. In the letter va: the qucsI . . t Hon. Do ou want to see uiesc in print? '"The colony had McDearmon watched and they saw him return to llonton tiaroor ami enter me omce m Arthur II McDonald, editor of a local "I am making no charges that Mc Donald is back of the blackmailing. We have looked up the handwriting in the letter, however, and I believe w have the man Identified. I will not divulge the name." Subsequently, according to Atty. o'Hara. lroof sheets of the affidavits were sent to the colony fromlMitor McDonald's otlice. "What would they be sent there for?" Mr. O'Hara asked. Wanted Benjamin's sitlc. McDonald admitted that he sent the proof sheets to the colony, but insists his purpose was to show what he was printing in order to get a statement from Benjamin for his newspaper. Mr. O'Hara said .McDearmon also visited the oltice of Atty. Harris S. Whitnev. after the delivery of the let(CONTINl'KD OX PACK YBX iSUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS TO PRESENT PLAYLET ON TUESDAY EVENING 'The Christmas Guest," the playlet presented Saturday afternoon by the boys and glrls'clubs of the Children's dispensary, will be presented Tuesday venlng by the Sunday school elas.- of the First Methodist church taught by Miss V era Campbell at s o ciock in j the social room of the church. A musical program consisting of vocal i and instrumental numbers by the girls of the class will also be a. feature of the entertainment. The cast of the play Is as follows: Dame Margaret. Miss Esther Grubc: Frances. Miss Elizabeth Greer; Rosamu ml M iss Miss Clarice i-temer; Harriett. Wanda Kingshafer: Ebanor. . tis Hazel Mills: Janet. Miss Martha I Roberts; the beggar. Miss Irene' li'rum: the spirit of Yule. Miss Jx-ah ' Lennox. ! The numbers of the musical program will be a piano solo bv Miss Mildred Timsorr, vocal solo. Miss Esther (Taylor: piano duct. Mabel and Eileen : Davison: reading. Miss Helen Jacki t-.i-.i i)i,;iu.-. son: mancioun soio. o;. r.mn i nnur. q uartet. itoBui:n or diamonds. MoNTKKAk ne.. Dec. 21. While travellnc on a tram irom io--...nto to Montreal iou.iv. .Mrs. it. I. Green-Shields. robbed of $x.00 n diamonds she was e-rrit in satchel a

Here 's Prize Poem for Christmas Tree

i Tin: si'iiur or soi tii iu:m. Long in a frontier post, That stood by a river side. They trimmed a tree at the Christinas tittle And gathered from far and wide. ' Little children and women brave And loyal hearted men, Pacini? the wilds with a courage hit-'h, Twas the spirit of South V'eml. Then raise the tree and blaze the lights Till they the heaven above. And gather all the little ones To sip of the Christ-child's love. Their carols will rise to the vaulted skies And with the anKcls blend. Wlillo those who hear will be filled with cheer, ( Tis the spirit of South Bend. Though half the world has onc to war. nt we stand in the shadow of aeed, J When the children sins, the Heavenly Iin Will rive us a noller creed. Hmulder to lKiulder. in brotherhood, A helping hand to lend. We shall know, at last, when the trial is past, Twas the spirit of South Bend. 10MMA nm.NKTT HABBIS REPORTED 10 HOUSE Measure Gives $2,500,000 to! Stamp Out Foot and . Mouth Disease. WASm.YGTOX. Dec. Jl. The urgent deliciency appropriation bill carrying $4.:;7U.yo5, was reported to the house today. The largest appropriation in the bill is $1', ."(', UU0 lor the bureau of animal industry to enable it to arrest and wipe out the loot and mouth disease, among cattle and to pay eliiims for .the destruction of Infected animals.' Other deliciency items in the bill include: Public health service, prevention of epidemics, $JJ0,UU0. War department, for extraoi dinary expenses in sending troops to Vera Cruz, $.",54,351. AnnuaJ payment to the republic of Panama, $50,000. To eradicate citrus canker in citrus fruits. $:53,000. Construction of light house tenders for department of commerce, iJl'oO,0C0. Collection of internal revenue, $7 5,ooo. LATEST CASUALTY LIST PUTS GERMANS' TOTAL LOSS AT 800,000 THK HAGUE. Dee. L'L latest, casualty lists issued in Berlin increase the German losses in killed, wounded and missing to SOO.000 men in both eastern and western theaters of war. These lists cover only part o? November and give no casualties for December. The people of Germany are anxiously awaiting details of the victory re. t orted to hav e been won by Field Marshal von Hindenburg in Poland. in view of the fact that the Russians deny that they have suffered any great defeat, the kaiser's subjects are be ginning to feel uncertain regarding what has actually happened in Poland. Travelers who reached here today declared that the supplies with whieh the German armies were equipped for the war are becoming exhausted. This is particularly true as to petrol. They state that the commander of the ninth German army corp at Hamburg had issued a decree limiting the use of petrol and advising the use of alcohol instead. UNIONS TO PROTECT SUMMARY DISMISSAL OF OLD POSTAL EMPLOYES CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Every labor union in the Fnited States asked to ;om in a movement started nere last t .light by the Chicago Federation of j

APPROPRIATION BILL

Liibor to protect aged employes of thoinp against the Bussian

postottiee irom summary dismissal, I be federation and tne i "ostotbee Clerks' association endorsed the .V.'s - tin bill now before congress which provides for retirement tor aged postal aide s and passed a resolution calling upon congress to take some action in the recent discharge of aged and infirm employes in the local postottiee. The federation called upon Illinois members of congress to demand that the postottiee department provide! minor lobs tor clerks ousted bv the aged and infirm the last order. SUES CONSTRUCTION

C0MPANY0N CONTRACTjcoMFESSES HE TRIED TO Brings Action Against Metal i JOIN ARMY AS A SPY:

City Concrete Chimney Co. for S.",D2i Damage-. Suit for j.V.'-l damages has been t ied in the circuit court 13 the city of .outh Bend against the" Metal Concrete Chimney Co. and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. It is alleged that the chimney company has failed to complete a. brick concrete Miction well for the city which was to have cost S'.feoo. and have been completed bv Jan. 1.". HG.:. it is also alleged that the work that was done on the structure. w;u curv-ltssly done.

nnn D Capture of Skiorniewice. in Poland, 40 Miles From Capital, Shows Rapid Advance After Occupation of Lodz. RUSSIANS CLAIM CHECK OF OFFENSIVE MOVES nx I A :i r it jreirUyraU MOmUS CVaCUatlOn t I III- n -i

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1LHB CEMTEHs NEIRING WARSAW

Ul L-UWIUZ MlltJI nailWayi Miss Bredemus speaks interestingly D!B ot iii n l i!1 tne -ondith ns in Turkey which nOiling StOCK WaS Destroyed) country she believes now has become r ' I i 1 1 ! merely a "tool of Germany". it is bermans in Aerial Attacks true she siy that the German omcers I are largely in control throughout the

BKBBI.Y. Dec-. 21. (Via Amsterdam) The capture of Skierniew ice. an important railroad center of Boland, 10 miles from Warsaw, by German troops is reported in a dispatch received from Bresiau today. This town is a junction point for three railroads, the lines running" to Warsaw, Lodz and L-owiez. Its capture shows that the Germans have advanced ;'0 miles since taking Lodz, Skierniewice being that distance Irom the Polish manufacturing' city. As a result of losing control of the Warsaw-Skierniewice railroad theUusj sians will be unable to send reinforce- ! ments direct to the troops in the Bittokvvo region. They can now go only in a round-iboiit-way from lvangorod and the immediate result, of the progress of the German forces is expected to be a retirement of the Russians north of the upper Vistula. PFTBOG BAD, Dec. ?1 Beal (erman guns are trying to batter a way through the Bussian defensive positions west of Wrasavv to open a route for an advance upon the capital of Poland. The sound of the cannonade can be heard in Warsaw, but it is officially asserted hero that the Germans' advance toward that eity has been so seriously checked that it cannot be resumed for some timo. Tile people of Warsaw are suffering as a "result of the battle raging almost at their doors. German aviators in aeroplanes and Zeppelins have bombarded the city three times within a week, killing 4 25 persons and injuring many more. Supplies of food in Warsaw are giving out, hundreds are leaving the city. All of the available trains are being used to transport Russian troops to the front beyond Warsaw. And this made it impossible to replenish the dwindling food supply there. Louie is Ihaeuatetl. It was admitted here today that Lowicz had been evacuated b.v the Russians, but before the withdrawal they destroyed all the railroad rolling stock that they were unable to take to Warsaw. The city was immediately occupied by the Germans. Close attention is given by the military experts today to the announcement that a German attempt to cross the Vistula at Dobrzyn has been repulsed. They say that the operationsthere probably will furnish a key to the complicated positions created by the pitdonged battle near the Bzura river. The failure of the Germans at Dobrzyn is believed to have averted a strategic move to halt the Russian forces advancing against the ThornSoblau front. The Bourse . Gazette correspondent at Warsaw sends the following description of the German reverse at Bobrzyn: "The German forces approached Dobrzyn from the west through the great forest that stretches, close to the left bank of the Vistula. The rivetis "about :00 .yards wide with a long line of islands in the middle of the stream. The Germans brought a great quantity of bridge material apparently intending to throw a large force across the river. In a Bad Position. "The Germans found they had gotten into a had position. The Russians north of the Vistula were much f-tronerer than the enemy supposed, presenting an unbroken front from Protzka to Wloelawek. From their conp-aled positions on the islands the Russians ripped the Germans with their machine guns, and the enemy had to retire, losing hundreds of men and their bridge pontoons." According to the Army Messenger, the positions in which the Russians are now established on the right bank (,f the armv Vistula, threatens the German that is now stubbornly beaton the Bzura region about front especially in the Snp)i:i.7(nv : "The advance of j.irmv north of the the cooperating Jistula." it savs, "now promises ccssful end the to hasten to a sucbattle west of Warsaw. The troops sent to the relief of Brzsemysl. were met at the Galician end of the pass by two Russian corps and the fighting there has been in progress for three days. "The valleys are tilled with snow and the wounded it Is imissible perish from cold, as for the opposition forces to find them after they ricd beneath the drifts." ate- bu1 DF.TKOIT. Confessed spy Mich.. Dec. 21. A selfwas held here todav bv .he the Canadian immigration otticers iii pe rson of Anton Gaus. who s tid his father in Berlin eiffered COO to enlist in the third him tl".Can.uiian contingent and ke ernment informevi ie German gov -tinCanae'ian of troop movements. Gau years dd. said he siarte.i the orders, but th.it l'i hurt hi!u ami he f. It it v !lo Is J , i ' . .. ' t arry oat ' t ; ci'i; . i n--. 't d his d at to . - e'onfess. several cities. In his German statement ci.-Ci'.:!- ir ;: r.ali.ed Ann l a ;.n J

Christians in Turkey in Real Danger, Says South Bend Girl Missionary Now Back Home

Miss Katherine Bredemus Believes Sultan Has "Committed Suicide" by Entering War Against Implacable Foes Who Covet His Land.

j to get awav from the country. The Christians in Turkey are in vt rv j arrest was due largely to the fact that real clangor of losing their lives. Sucti 0110 member of the party was an Engis th- opinion ot Miss Katherine i 'ishman. Many British missionaries Bredemus, 514 E. Easalle av., who has i as Nvc11 ;LS traveling salesmen are nowreturned to her home after spending M'eing held in the country, live years in Turkey as a missionary Censor Corivspondeiue. for the United Orphanage and Mission I Orders have been issued by the board. She says that smce the Balkan i Turkish government that all con el!lf IllP inti.l'hrictin. t'.-..,l r. c ' 1 , . . . ' S DO 11 ll C 11 CC mUSt bf ill tllC TUlktsh W

been steadily growing until with the entrance of Turkey into the war the ; feeling has become so intense that furtinners are hastening from the coun- ' f ft Ow r im o Ml- liicvl ii n I . . , .1 1 . . .... ....... ; :. l . I as itlluii .us. l-uwuw country, but the Turk'sh army, so lar us she has been able to learn, is lather insignificant in size and is very poorly organized. It is the opinion of the foreigners in Turkey that the tiring on the cutter from the battleship Tennessee by the forts at Smyrna was an hostile act even though the explanation has been given that the shots were tired merely as a -warning tfiat the harbor was mined. At that time, in the early part of November, the departing foreigners saw no signs of battle on the sea but the icpoit reached them that near the Suez canal Turkish troops had been drive n back bv the British. Sec Grave Danger. .Miss Bredemus considers that the missionaries have been put in a muc h more serious situation owing to the -rders of the Turkish government revoking the right of foreign ambassadors in their capacity as protector for foreign residents. The missionaries cannot now appeal to the foreign ambassadors. The revocation of these treaty relations with the foreign countries was the occasion of much celebrating on the part of the Turkish people, who felt that then they had secured "freedom from the foreign yoke." Missionaries have been leaving Turkey since the beginning of the war in Europe, at first largely because of the financial stringency which made it 019 III WENT English Officers Praise Cool ness With Which German; Gunners Fought Against j Overwhelming Odds. MOXTKVIKDO, Dec. 21. The destruction of four German cruisers off ihe Falkland islands caused the loss of 2,0 ly otticers and men in the crews of the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig and Nurnberg. This was established today when further details of he combat were learned from officer.:, of the British battle cruiser Invincible, which arrived here yesterday with Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee and his staff aboard. When the German ships were caught by the British squadron and forced into the battle that resulted in their destruction, they carried l!,14y otticers and men. Only i:;0 were rescued after the cruisers were sent to the bottom. The German licet was lured into giving battle against a supposedly inferior Ueet, it was learned from otticers of the Invincible. CruiMTs Were Hidden. "The battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible, each mounting batteries of il'-ineh guns, were hidden in a landlocked harbor-when the Germans appeared off the Falkland islands or i hey would never have attacked, Mia Lieut. Cameron St. C. Ingham, of the Invincible. "The Germans evidently intended to sieze Bort Stanley as a coaling station. When Admiral Graf von Spec's tleet came up he found five British cruisers and knew nothing of .he hidden battle cruisers. The battle opened and was proceeding upon even terms when the Invincible and Inflexible dashel from their hiding place with their guns swung out for action. The Germans tried to flee, but it was too late. Then they stayed and gave lattle against overwhelming odds. They fought bravely. The Scharnhorst was the gold medal ship of the German ncvy for marksmanship, and the gunners certainly lived up to their reputation. Their shells ratUcd off ihe In.ineible's heavy armor and twont thp decks. One bvrst i.i the !ward room, wrecking it. Those Geri man gunneis were fighting for their J lives and they surely went about it !C'ith commendable coolness. But j ..heir metal was too weak. F.nally 'hp svharnhorst went down, then the ' Gneisenau." CHICAGO ROBBERS' EDEN Ge t Over s l."O.OtM i" "it During Pre-ent Year. CHIOA' and b-d.d $ i .in o i:'! a ''() rI in ;". cc. -I. --Plain thieves : o : i i b ' iv sole m tnan l;ri:r.' H:-- veal'. : r a 1 ,ort i -ing . P. ; c-e a a v. t hi.; ::inr!!hu t he re . r ' '. r i ' -c 1 " '''o i prep-re i Bctvv een J:!!'. 1 an -vvre 1 2' e ''!,',!-'! i:r r:e' 1 . e - n ' -c t i I 'V n ick -! , c ;. ! d ' . 7 " e : " t ot; i ' - !;-ts. it 1 1 e i , , c -!,: l U

impossible for the mission hoards to maintain their missions, but now the exodus is being hastened by the growing feeling of enmity on the part of the people and the officials. There were 10 persons in the party with which Miss Bredemus left the country on Nov. 1J, but a few days after England had declared war on the poite. This party wore made prisoners for 10 hours and it was only with the greatest diliiculty that they were able

! the French language and also that no loreignors shall leave ttie country, as 'he result of these orders many m the missionaries have received hut little intelligence from home and it was only with the greatest 1 iitic-t.lt-hat the ambassadors from the allied countries departed after Turkey had entered into the war. Those foreigners who are dually permitted to leave the country are each allowed to take with (hem no more than the equivalent of about ."o in gold and to insure. that no mors is being taken each person undergoes a close search as he hoards ship. As the party of which Miss Breuemus was a member touched at Alexandria they saw thousands of Indian .roops, many of whom were be ing sent to the front in Europe to aid the allies. Many of these-, however, wore being luhi in Egypt where the report was then current that a holy war Had been declared. This report was doubted inasmuch as a holy war would mean death for Germans as well as ether Christians. Think Turks Coimiiitteil Suicide. It is the opinion of Miss Bredemus that Turkey has committed suicide bv entering the war against countries who for so long have gazed longingly upon various sections of the country. The general opinion among the foreigners she thinks is that the war will last for a long time but will end in success for the allies. For the larger part of the time in Turkey Ms Bredemus was located at Hadiin in Turkey in Asia, where there was a mission sc hool for girls. This school was three and a half days' tide on horseback from Adana. The United Orphanage and Mission board is an interdenominational organization and maintains also a school for boys at Kveriek in Turkey in Asia. IRE SUCCESSFUL German Statement Says French Attacks at Nieuport Have Been Repulsed and Enemy Dislodged From Positions. BEBEIN, Dec. Counter attacks mans against the 1. (By wireless. made by the tierallies in Flanders and France suits, says are having successful rea long statement issued here this afternoon. In the eastern theater of war the Germans continue to attac k the Bussian positions in Boland. The statement was as follows: "French attacks at Nieuport were repulsed yesterday. They were also repulsed Intwecn the canal and Labassee. We attacked their trenches and dislodged them from their positions with heavy losses. "We captured one cannon, five machine guns, two mine throwers and 2 70 English and Indian prisoner, including 10 officers. "The trenches we lost to th enemy on Dec. 1 near Notre Dame Do Lorrette were recaptured. In the neighborhood of Suippes. northeast of Chalons, the French attacked fiercely vesterday and in one place penetrated a.s far as tii" outr trenches. Their attacks broVo do A'n tinnr r lire. e pMtitiirrft four French officers and men. A large number of dead Frenchmen were left lying in front of our positions. "In the Araonne we captured an important wooded hill at Iai Four Do Paris, taking three machine guns, ono revolver gun and 2 7.' prisoners. Fierce French attacks northwest of Verdun failed completely. "In Fast and West Prussia, the situation is unchanged. In Poland we continue to make attacks against the enemy's position." CHICAGO GIRL LEARNS FIANCE WAS KILLED IN BATTLE OF YSER CHICAGO. Dec. i. Miss Lucillo Hornbeck. a tango instructor, has been notified that her fiance, Lieut. Frank Fisher, of the first landwehr of the German armv. was killed in the battle on the Ysr river in Belgium last Snt- I nriv The word came in a cabb-t tram from Franz Fisher, millionaire i wicke-nvan- man v. fact urer at Tarnbach ant. and father of the youn lieutc nI.ieut. Fishrr wa4- employed In i OhievTo as an edectrual engineer when last Jnlv he wrote- to his lather for Kermis-ion to marrv Miss !Kirr,,0"K. -lis father orde'red him home and put I him in charge of his business. in the i last b tter f'o-n the front. Bie-n. Fisher s-'id he would return t America after the w -" o'.eji a b-;i:ch f.ti tor v and '-1;'! V" M'ss O 'lf l'k. Wl'l! KA.OB. HI . Fee. .'I.--a" the 1 s ' - 1 4 (if I , , Mr- v';. i - f. j - e : ! ko ! I II re:, t j --!- ' h. a r e . !. - d e 1 !i t a l'i.,,,ti b

COUNTER ATTACKS

THAW LOSES

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United States Supreme Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Writ Granted in New Hampshire and Slayer to Go Back, HOLDS TRIAL OPTIONAL WITH STATE OFFICIALS Fugitive May be Tried for Conspiracy or be Placed in Matteawan Peremptorily According to Justice's Opinion. WASHINGTON. Dec. I'l. Harry K. Thaw's long f.ght to avoid extradition to New York from New Hampshire, where he is now in custody, has ended in failure. The supreme court of the Fnited States decided todav that thextradition proceedings which Now York instituted to bring about his return, are valid and th.it legal proceedings in the federal courts to prevent his return must r.o longer stand in the way. The writ of habeas orj".-- grante 1 him b.v Federal Judge Aldru h of Ne-v Hampshire was dismissed "We regard it as ton !.;i f.ir lengthv cli-cussion that Thaw slmuld be delivered up at once," was the concluding sentence of the court's opinion. Kfln tiu' in (o Day. Tiie mandate of the court be .inn J effective at the end of ;u days. TicNew York authorities may either p:.t him on trial for conspiracy with others to escape from the Matte a v. an insane asylum or they may peremptorily place him in the asylum itseli. Fnder the decision of tin- court this choice is ope n to them. In his opinion JllStiee Holmes Jlatlv decided thai no oust i 1 1 it iona 1 bar could be rais'-d to prevent a person accused in one state of oi;-j,-rac-from taking refuge in another Mat" under the constitutional cloak of a habeas corpus proceeding. The iu--tice lirst took up the leu-.-tioi, of tin validity of tin- New York indictment. "We do not regard it as open to del-ate that the withdrawal of cinlvanee of a man from an insane asylum to which he has Ium-h eommittd as Thaw was, did tend to obstruct the due administration of the law. At least, the New York charts may so decide. Therefore the indict no nt charges a crime. If there N any remote defect in the earlier proceedings 1 y which Thi-.v was committed which v'c are bailed from intimating, this is not the time and place for that question to lw tried. Thaw a Fugitive. "If conspiraey constituted a crime there is no doubt that Thaw is a fugitive from justice. He was ;, j,,irtv to the crime- in New York and niterwards left the state. t long habeen established that for purposes of extradition between ibe state s it do, not matte-r vhat motive induced the eleoartll re." The mot s. Thaw was that he contrive. I h: i lo'is a rii u m e j , t f r if he was Insane- v.lioi s escape be could no erime. said Justb :uih.v of Tloliriis. while if he were not insane he was entitle, to ! lieharired. and his confinement taken vi!b other faets of re'eord require the eourt to asame. that he was insane. Justice Holmes s. id that the reply to this argument was ili.it "'.his : - not Thaw's trial." : in extradition n ncv :m even I telinn i liero i !i m t , iw (,rt(.tt it n 't 11 t X - iT I , l.KIJt'.ll' ' ' ' j " r , O i M is afforded to f"st them upon ha be-; n corpus." said Jutiee Holmes. "ip,. purpose o'" the u-rit is i . t to ibst'tute tb.e judurnenf of anothe r tribunal upon the facts. ,,r the law of the ?oater to be tried. The law says not bin ; about hale-as corpus m t i. Is on p etlon but pe-n-m ptorily n-vuir rp.oi proper demand shall be deliva r intr jurlsdiet w - is r.n eliscretio!! tile- pe-rson ehartp-t 1 Up to the state- ha -of the cri me. Tlx ro .11. d K'to t mo. lives. Cannot Ataek Indictment. "The t". hnieal su!!b-ie-ncv of ti, div tment is not open. And e-p be true that the atgurnei.t state fe rs a ni-e question it is the ;a, as to the law of necessity whb ! New York eo-arts nri-t 'b-, ;',. statute thnt de.-!ares an act .b..-i lunatic not u crime add tint a son N not excuse, from erimina 1 : : - if t 1 ofs? 1' ' : k the T! i . p. r1 1 t.im bility except upon that he was labor fective reason as. " I. Not to l:nquality of the ,, t 2. Not to know prcof rig urn it tint b r eh w the nature an 1 hat he- is dong o: . the act a as v. rc-mr. "The- inmate-, of lunatic a.- lams are largely governed. lla.S e.-n I ma rke-d. v appeal to the same u L'ov.-rn rther n n. and tives that well might ir. sane ami be- That liapct-r- u man vv!o w; n v erth b s - manv direct t:: an. l r-t. o.J i-t S the n i -w, 11. m ' 1 - ;.( ti. . for an 1 r::i -i o : '. - S'ieh . ti-.. tVe W . tb.e ture an el tiVe-el.-e. and qt;. is op.-n of the-H-.w f i.e. fa. tr. be a . r i n i : : ; . thI l.,w .. v s :-h shall the N 1 1 . t a - c: rt - York ('ii t-i ':t : r; t it b Cld Tit d a bt e, e-A ' it is f..r a. N ine v : h'-th'T the W . 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